Peer Support Specialist

Starting Wage Range: $27.05/hr. - $34.95/hr.

Job Summary:

Provides peer support services to families and youth engaged with the Children & Family Service Program. Support will focus on engaging with parents, care providers, and youth to enhance their recovery and maintain cultural connections. Ensures the services takes place in a professional, non-bias environment and is accomplished in an efficient and respectful manner that is rooted in Trauma Informed Care.

Essential Functions:

• Openly identifies as a person who has lived the experience of receiving addiction recovery services.
• Acts as a positive role model for individuals being served, showing a recovery and healthful lifestyle orientation. Shares own recovery story with individuals being served when appropriate.
• Acts as advocate for individuals working with Children & Family Services, both within the organization and also with other entities.
• Provides and promotes a strengths-based, trauma-informed, person-centered approach to assisting individuals being served in achieving goals.
• Participates in outreach efforts to engage individuals with appointments, resource referrals, cultural events, and work in the community.
• Assists with screenings, intakes, treatment plans, discharges, and reengagement.
• Assists with prison and post-treatment re-entry plans working with judicial systems, health, and social services team.
• Provides transports to various appointments, cultural opportunities, and other community resources.
• Assists with drug/wellness court processes and obligations.
• Assists with case management and collects program-related data.
• Networks with community agencies, health, housing, and education programs and with outside agencies and organizations to assist with accessing supports and services.
• Attends interdepartmental and interagency meetings.
• Assists with informing best practices within the Children & Family Services Program to identify ways to continue lowering barriers to treatment and improving outcomes for the youth and families being served.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Requires two (2) years of experience with addiction recovery services.
• Certified Recovery Mentor or Peer Support Specialist by the State of Oregon or ability to obtain certification within six months of hire.
• One of the following required in order to meet the definition of Peer as defined by the State of Oregon Administrative Rule:
• Self-identified person currently or formerly receiving mental health services
• Self-identified person in recovery from a substance abuse disorder, who meet the abstinence requirements for recovering staff in alcohol and other drug treatment programs.
• Family member of an individual who is a current or former recipient of addictions or mental health services
• If a recovering chemically dependent person must be in a program of recovery and able to provide documentation of sobriety for a minimum of two years.
• OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Driving Requirements:

• Must maintain a valid Oregon driver's license or obtain one upon hire, qualify for the Tribe's vehicle insurance, and provide proof of personal vehicle insurance.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Must have knowledge of the effects of trauma, coping, and other aspects of the lives of those served.
• Adherences to the organization's policies and procedures
• Must have strong interpersonal skills working with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Must respect all others regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or income level.
• Proven ability to work independently and interpret policies and procedures, under pressure with little or no supervision.
• Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Ability to work with all levels of individuals, including disgruntled people in an effective manner.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of computer software such as Word, Excel, and related programs.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment (i.e. copier, fax machine, personal computer).
• Excellent interpersonal skills oral and written.
• Requires strong commitment to accurately completing task, solving problems, demonstrating initiative, organization, and attention to detail.
• Ability to speak before an audience effectively; compile written reports; read and interpret various documents; and obtain the cooperation of Tribal programs.
• Proven ability to work independently and interpret policies and procedures, under pressure with little or no supervision required.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture is required.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 40 pounds.

• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.

• Supports a safe work environment by performing all duties in accordance with Tribal safety policies and procedures, and Emergency Management Plan.

• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.

• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during emergencies.
• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required.

Background Check:

Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Salary : $27 - $35